Biosensors, metasurfaces, and a caterpillar robot is highlighted on the November covers of Advanced Optical Materials.
Technology
Contradictory wetting: superlyophobic surfaces
Researchers at Aalto University, in Espoo in Finland, unravel the design principles of unusual dual superlyophobic surfaces in oil–water systems.
Nanodroplets for Stretchable Superconducting Circuits
A team of researchers from Australia and China, have developed a family of superconducting liquid metals of GaInSn-alloys and their nanodroplets.
NanoSPD7 in Sydney 2017
The International NanoSPD Steering Committee and the Local Organising Committee invite you to attend NanoSPD7 to be held in Sydney on 2–7 July 2017.
Diamonds for prosthetic vision
Diamond based epiretinal devices offer the hope of improved prosthetic vision for blind patients.
Recyclable Thermochromic Supramolecular Assemblies
A new class of thermochromic supramolecular material has been designed, which is taking steps toward versatility, sustainability, and scalability.
Along Came a Spider…
A study investigating the blue colouring of many tarantulas discovered that it arises due to multilayer interference, yet little or no iridescence is observed.
Virtual Issue: 100th Anniversary of Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol Fermentation
Biotechnology and Bioengineering has published a Virtual Issue to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol Fermentation.
Direct Observation of Negative Capacitance in Ferroelectric Materials
Recently, negative capacitance was first demonstrated in epitaxial ferroelectric lead zirconate titanate, proving that a direct measurement of the phenomenon is possible.
Fatigue Crack Growth in Two Pipeline Steels
Researchers focus on studying the fatigue-crack-growth behaviour of two types of pipeline steels for the transport of hydrogen or natural gases.
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